Yearly Archives: 2017

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News PM Agenda with David Speers Topics: Education opportunities in India, higher education reforms and Future schools funding arrangements 10/04/2017 4:07PM David Speers: The other big export after resources is education. About 68,000 Indian students studied in Australia last year at both the skills training level and the higher education…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at Knowledge Partnership Roundtable Topics: Education opportunities in India 10/04/2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much, Craig, for that welcome. I’m not quite sure that I’m delivering you a presentation today. I was to deliver you a few welcoming remarks prior to the signing of the MOUs just to head the day…

Australia will showcase its international education, training and research offerings during a high-level visit to India next week. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham will join the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the visit to New Delhi on April 10-11. It will be Minister Birmingham’s first visit to India in his role as Minister…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Hobart Topics: Future schools funding arrangements; NAPLAN online 07/04/2017 01:15PM Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much everybody. It’s been a morning of constructive discussions with the Education Council amongst myself and the state and territory ministers, and I appreciated the fact that we’ve tackled some challenging issues around ensuring the…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News PVO NewsDay with Samantha Maiden Topics: Future schools funding arrangements 05/04/2017 12:20PM Samantha Maiden: Now, the looming battle over public and private schools funding in Australia. The current agreement runs out in January 2018, and the Turnbull Government needs to strike a deal with the states. But it’s delayed…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan Topics: Tax relief for Australian businesses; Port Augusta solar thermal plant; Reliable and affordable energy; GetUp!; Future schools funding arrangements 05/04/2017 08:35AM Matthew Abraham: Thank you to Peter Malinauskas, a very important person in the South Australian Labor Party, has sent us…

South Australian Senator and federal Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham today officially opened the new St Mary MacKillop Centre at Xavier College in the Barossa. Students and staff at Xavier College now have full use of their new facilities which includes a Resource Centre, Student Hub and three flexible teaching and learning spaces…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Address at the launch of NITV’s Little J and Big Cuz 29/03/2017 11:20AM Simon Birmingham: Thank you so much for that introduction and welcome. Aunty Matilda, thank you for your welcome to country, and indeed, I’d like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples of the Canberra region, and all of Australia’s Indigenous…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News The Latest with Ashleigh Gillon Topics: Extradition treaty with China; Making child care and early learning more affordable, accessible and fairer; Future schools funding arrangements 28/03/2017 06:22PM Ash Gillon: And joining us now live from Canberra is the government minister, Simon Birmingham. Senator, good to see you, thank you…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 2UE Afternoons Talking Lifestyle with Matthew Tukaki Topics: Making child care and early learning more affordable, accessible and fairer; AFL Women’s competition 27/03/2017 03:15PM Matthew Tukaki: Changes to child care arrangements passed the Senate last week which will now un-complicate what was a very complex system. Joining me now to discuss…